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How to Develop a Business Launch Timeline, Part II

April 28, 2025 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Welcome to Part II of Building a Launch Pad to Start Your Business. In this post, we’ll walk you through a comprehensive 12-month roadmap to launch your business with clarity and confidence. From refining your idea and setting up finances to marketing and making your first sale, this plan is designed to help you stay […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, How to Start, Sales, Side Hustle, Starting A Small Business, Staying Productive, Your Small Business Tagged With: build your brand, business planning, business research, business scaling, grow and audience, marketing strategy, sales strategies

Pros and Cons of Hiring Family Members in Your Small Business

May 20, 2024 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

It can be tricky to hire family members in your small business. It can be both rewarding and challenging. Hiring family members can bring a sense of trust, loyalty, and shared vision to your business, fostering a tight-knit team environment. However, it also comes with its own set of potential pitfalls. In this blog post, […]

Filed Under: Become Your Own Boss Tips, Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: business benefits, business challenges, business continuity, business growth, business management, business planning, business strategy, business succession, conflict resolution, employee loyalty, employee relations, entrepreneurial advice, family business, family dynamics, fix your small business, hiring family, hiring practices, hiring tips for small business, performance management, small business, small business tips, tax benefits

Turning Resolutions into Reality: A Blueprint for Small Business Success in 2024

January 1, 2024 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

As the clock strikes midnight on January 1, small business owners across the globe are filled with renewed hope, setting resolutions to make the coming year their best one yet. However, the unfortunate reality is that many of these aspirations fall by the wayside as the year progresses. The biggest goal killer in business is […]

Filed Under: 15 Things Series, Business Inspiration, Fix Your Business, Grow Your Business, How to Start, Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady, Your Small Business Tagged With: business growth, business planning, business strategy, Clear Goals, coaching, Consultation, customer loyalty, entrepreneurship, Failure to Implement, Financial Goals, goal setting, Health and Well-being, New Year Resolutions, personal growth, Productivity, Professional Development, Resolutions Into Reality, Small Business Coaching, Small Business Resolutions, small business success, strategic planning, Team Building, Technology in Business, Time management, work-life balance

7 Ways to Love Your Business More

February 10, 2020 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Are you giving appropriate attention to your Valentine this month? No, I’m not talking about buying flowers for your significant other who leaves his or her shoes in the middle of the floor. I’m talking about celebrating your other love: your business. We spend so much time working in the business that we rarely come […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Your Small Business Tagged With: business planning, hiring a virtual assistant, love your business, managing business finances, Valentine's Day

How to Get Through the Holidays and Fire Up Your Business for 2013

December 6, 2012 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Aliza Sherman @alizasherman.  As a web pioneer Aliza helps people find sensible, practical and manageable ways to use digital technology to […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat, Technology Tagged With: @alizasherman, Aliza Sherman, business planning, entrepreneur, Time management

New Year, New Resolve

January 2, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

I hope you didn’t spend too much time making resolutions that you probably won’t keep over the holidays. Let’s resolve to do something different in 2017. If you are fearful about launching a business. Swallow the fear and deal with facts. Create a plan and then work your plan. You can do it. Just make […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, How to Start Tagged With: become your own boss, business planning, planning

How to Make a Data Protection Plan in 3 Simple Steps

November 22, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Sponsored Post If somebody walked into your small business and asked you where your data lives, what would you answer? What if they asked you to explain how you protect it and what you’d do to reconstruct your data? In today’s threat environment, these are the types of questions a small business owner should be […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Technology Tagged With: @carbonite, business planning, small business technology

Don’t Forget to Do the Math: Know Your Numbers

April 11, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

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Specific reasons why small businesses fail are as unique as the businesses themselves, but there are some commonalities that explain many small business failures. In some cases, it’s easy to see the problem: there isn’t enough demand for what the business produces at a price that will generate a profit. In other cases, problems aren’t […]

Filed Under: Your Small Business Tagged With: business plan, business planning, entrepreneur, melinda emerson, smallbizlady

How to Plan a Successful Move to Office 365

March 29, 2016 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Cloud 365 is a major transitioning step for a small business in moving from a land-based to a cloud-based system. This allows all the workers in an office continuous access to data, apps, and tools. The deciding advantages of migrating to a cloud system like Office 365 include: Free integration to other Microsoft techs tools […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: become your own boss, business plan, business planning, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, Featured Post, marketing, melinda emerson, small business tips

7 Local Link Building Tips

March 8, 2016 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

By now, hopefully, everyone knows that links are not bad things—if they are the right links. Done right, links can get you more visibility and build a healthy link profile. If you have a local business, you can take advantage of some unique ways to get the links that can ultimately help you. Links specifically […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Social Media Tagged With: business planning, entrepreneur, SEO, small business, small business seo, smallbizlady, social media, twitter

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